Definition

1. Verb:
   • To drive off/away: To force someone or something, typically an enemy, intruder, or unwanted presence, to leave a place, often through the use of force, threats, or aggressive action.
   • To expel: To officially or forcefully make someone or something leave a country, area, or property.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân đánh đuổi những con chim khỏi cánh đồng. (The farmer drives the birds away from the field.)
  • Quân đội đã đánh đuổi quân xâm lược ra khỏi biên giới. (The army drove the invaders away from the border.)
  • Họ cố gắng đánh đuổi tư tưởng bi quan. (They try to drive away pessimistic thoughts.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb "đánh đuổi" often implies a deliberate, active, and sometimes forceful effort to remove a tangible or intangible threat. It is commonly used in military, defensive, or protective contexts.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe removing abstract things like fear, sadness, or negative thoughts.

Variants and Related Words

• Đuổi (v): To chase, to pursue, to expel. This is the core component and is less forceful than "đánh đuổi".
  • Đuổi theo kẻ trộm. (To chase the thief.)
• Trục xuất (v): To deport, to banish (official/legal expulsion).
  • Trục xuất một gián điệp. (To deport a spy.)

Synonyms

• Drive away: To force to leave.
• Repel: To force back or ward off.
• Expel: To force out.
• Oust: To remove from a position or place.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đánh đuổi tà ma: To exorcise evil spirits; to drive away demons.
  • Thầy cúng làm lễ đánh đuổi tà ma. (The shaman performed a ritual to exorcise evil spirits.)
• While not a phrasal verb, the term itself functions as a compound verb where "đánh" (to hit, to strike) intensifies the action of "đuổi" (to chase), emphasizing a combative or forceful removal.

verb

1. to drive off (away) ; to exped